Australian Energy Market Operator

AEMO operates Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM), the interconnected power system in Australia’s eastern and south-eastern seaboard, and the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) and power system in Western Australia.

AEMO operates gas retail markets in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. AEMO also operates wholesale gas markets in south-eastern Australia, those being the Declared Wholesale Gas Market in Victoria (DWGM), the Short Term Trading Market in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney (STTM), and the Gas Supply Hub (GSH), whose trading locations are based at Wallumbilla in Queensland, and Moomba in South Australia. AEMO also operates the Natural Gas Services Bulletin Board (GBB), and is system operator of the Victorian Gas Declared Transmission System. AEMO is also responsible for Gas Services Information functions in Western Australia.

In August 2017, AEMO formed an Expert Advisory Panel of senior energy leaders to gain holistic and diverse perspectives on industry opportunities and challenges from the Australian energy sector.

The Panel is Chaired by Ms Chloe Munro, the former Chair of the Clean Energy Regulator and panel member of the Finkel Review. The Panel supports AEMO in delivering key initiatives and implementing the endorsed Finkel recommendations. The Panel also plays a crucial consultative role across AEMO’s broad remit of activity.

The Expert Advisory Panel aims to also support the Energy Security Board by helping AEMO drive industry reform, expediting critical issues and finding consensus where possible.

The list of panel members is tabled below.

Chloe Munro

Former Chair of the Clean Energy Regulator and panel member
of the Finkel Review

Dr Phil Blythe

Founder and CEO, GreenSync

Prof Michael Brear

Director, Melbourne Energy Institute, University of
Melbourne

Frank Calabria

Managing Director & CEO, Origin Energy

Nino Ficca

Managing Director & CEO, AusNet Services

Miles George

Strategic Advisor, Infigen Energy

Dr Jemma Green

Co-founder & Chair, Power Ledger

Paul Italiano

CEO, TransGrid

Dr Attilio Pigneri

President, AAHE, CEO, H2U, Director, Talent with Energy

Andrew Richards

CEO, Energy Users Association of Australia

Rosemary Sinclair

CEO, Energy Consumers Australia

David Smales

CEO, Energy Queensland

Rob Stobbe

CEO, SA Power Networks

Jon Stretch

Managing Director & CEO, ERM Power

Catherine Tanna

Managing Director, EnergyAustralia

Frank Tudor

Managing Director & CEO, Horizon Power

Andrew Vesey

Managing Director & CEO, AGL

Oliver Yates

Former CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Ian Learmonth

CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation

James Fazzino

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Incitec Pivot

Mark Vasella

Chief Executive Officer, Bluescope Steel

Peter Freyberg

Head of Global Coal Assets, Glencore

Robert Stobbe

Chief Executive Officer, SA Power Networks

Steve Davy

Chief Executive Officer, Hydro Tasmania

The term of reference and governance arrangements document, and the operational arrangements document can be found here.